Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI agents from shopping on Amazon

A national justice has issued an bid blocking Perplexity's web browser-based AI agents from placing Amazon orders connected a user's behalf, arsenic reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a ruling connected Monday, US District Judge Maxine Chesney writes that Amazon has "provided beardown evidence" that Perplexity's Comet browser accesses idiosyncratic accounts "without authorization" from the retail giant.

Amazon sued Perplexity successful November, alleging that it "repeatedly requested" that the AI startup halt letting its agents bargain products for customers. The institution accused Perplexity of "intruding" into its marketplace and idiosyncratic accounts with Comet's agentic buying feature, …

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